Shochu that goes with shiitake
Savory and salt
A dried shiitake steeped in the spirit for a day. Savory and strange in the best way.
Ranked over every bottle in the catalogue, with the reason each one is here. The reasoning is the same engine that recommends a mixer from a bottle, run the other way round, so the two never contradict each other.
Best with it
- Kuro Kirishima Shochu
Imo (sweet potato) · Miyazaki
Shiitake: Salt does not make a drink salty in small amounts. It makes a savoury bottle taste more like itself, which is why this pairing reads as strange and drinks as obvious.
- Seifuku Vintage Awamori
Awamori · Okinawa (Ishigaki)
Shiitake: Salt does not make a drink salty in small amounts. It makes a savoury bottle taste more like itself, which is why this pairing reads as strange and drinks as obvious.
- Zanpa White Awamori
Awamori · Okinawa
Shiitake: Salt does not make a drink salty in small amounts. It makes a savoury bottle taste more like itself, which is why this pairing reads as strange and drinks as obvious.
- Aka Maoh Shochu Red Satan 12
Imo (sweet potato) · Miyazaki
Shiitake: Umeboshi in hot shochu is a Kagoshima winter, and salt is the fastest way to make an earthy bottle taste like more of itself.
- Mahoko
Imo (sweet potato) · Miyazaki
Shiitake: Umeboshi in hot shochu is a Kagoshima winter, and salt is the fastest way to make an earthy bottle taste like more of itself.